Love me some c&s reggae, even when its this early in the day and I’m woefully sober. It’s temping to dust off the old discussion about similarities between c&s and dub, but that’s a convo for another time.
DOWNLOAD: Bob Marley – Stir it up (C&S by Slim K)
First taste of Sun Araw’s collaboration with The Congos (first mentioned here), awesome as expected. If you don’t know who The Congos are I feel bad for you son… they only made what may be the greatest roots reggae album of all time, nothing major.
Sun Araw, M. Geddes Gengras, & The Congos – Happy Song by RVNG Intl.
Additionally, here’s another taste of Duppy Gun Productions (Sun Araw & M. Geddes Gengras) working with a Jamaican artist to make some heady futuristic dancehall dub. This one was the b-side to Dayone’s ‘Multiply’
STREAM: Duppy Gun Productions – Earth (feat Early One)
Happy Song spotted via the FADER
DAYONE “MULTIPLY” from ASTRAL PROJECTS on Vimeo.
Played this over and over today, it’s pretty close to exactly what I want dub reggae to sound like in 2011. Sun Araw’s Cameron Stallones is behind both the release itself (SEE HERE) and is partially responsible for the production as part of Duppy Gun Productions. More collaborations with various Jamaican artists are slated, including an album with the legendary Congos… hopefully we’ll see all that soon.
May 25, 1956 – July 10, 2010.
AKA Street Fighter Meets Teeth-Rattling Bass In A Dancehall Style. Sorry for the radio rip, but the song is massive and that’s the only version available as of now.
DOWNLOAD: D Double E – D Double E – Street Fighter Riddim
W-to the-T-to the-F.
Peace,
Employee
Summer Fridays and reggae go together like right and left titties.
Names You Can Trust and Bastard Jazz team up to present the Beverley Road All Stars, a new studio project under the guidance of producers DJ DRM and E’s E. Comprised of a select squad of talented studio musicians in Brooklyn, the Beverley Road All Stars mark their debut with 2 new interpretations of classic Studio 1 riddims.
Not too shabby. “I’m still in love” generally maintains the outline of the Alton Ellis original but punches up the drums for more kick and adds some spacey atmospherics. “Danger in your eyes” goes even deeper down the space cadet rabbit hole with abounding synth swirls and druggy horns, which work well against the backdrop of a faster-than-you-would-expect drum pattern.
DOWNLOAD: Beverly Road All Stars – I’m still in love
DOWNLOAD: Beverly Road All Stars – Danger in your eyes
In 2008 Quantic brought together a group of musicians as Flowering Inferno to put latin jazz through a dub reggae wringer. The result was an album called Death of the Revolution, and it was good. Now they’re back with a new one called Dog With A Rope (out July 13th), and it will also be good.
DOWNLOAD: Quantic Presenta Flowering Inferno – Dog with a rope
DOWNLOAD: Quantic Presenta Flowering Inferno – Dog with a rope (Dub)
DOWNLOAD: Quantic presenta Flowering Inferno – Cuidad del swing Version
You can love or hate the Basegod but you gotta admit that’s a pretty good cover for a mixtape. The artwork was created by Benjamin Marra who is also responsible for the comparable 6 Kiss cover. It took me a second to figure out what the style of these reminded me of and then it hit me – a glossier more polished Wilfred Limonious. Limounious was a Jamaican graphic designer/illustrator responsible for some of the most memorable reggae and dancehall album covers of the 80s and early 90s. A few scans of his work are below the jump, does anybody else see a similarity here?
A couple of songs to jam while you’re looking, including the actual Black Ken song
Download: Lil B – Remember the name
